VidaFair Film Festival

The VidaFair Film Festival (VFF) is dedicated to both excellent storytelling and film monetization. The principle of the festival is simple: Monetizing creative work isn't greed -- it's fairness, and if artistic painters are free to set prices for their work, why shouldn't filmmakers? Modern streaming technology allows for just that. Monetization methods of the new age deserve to be promoted and celebrated.

At the VidaFair Film Festival all accepted content will generate actual revenue for the filmmakers, (redeemable after a minimum threshold of revenue is reached, $20). The VidaFair currency is called grains, which is approximately equal to a U.S. cent when bought in bulk on the web.

As part of the submission process, filmmakers will be asked to set a creator's share for their project in grains, based on a 24-hour rental of their film. For example, if a filmmaker decides a project should earn them $0.99 per rental, they would enter a creator's share grain price of 99 grains (g99). Similarly, a film could have a creator's share of only g20 grains, equivalent to $0.20 per rental -- or g500, i.e. $5.00 per rental. The revenue each filmmaker makes per 24-hour rental will be purely at their discretion, (from g0-g2000). The VidaFair Film Festival acceptance and "Best" award decisions will be based on quality only, without regard to the submitted creator's share. Audience awards will be determined by audiences' embrace of each film.

By allowing filmmakers to easily set prices and recoup investments, the VidaFair Film Festival hopes to engender a new paradigm in content funding where the power to monetize film and video will be in the hands of independent creators. We will also encourage (but not require) filmmakers to consider a micropayment pricing strategy, as lower price points have the potential of producing more total revenue.

All films accepted in the festival will be eligible to be monetized on VidaFair.com for one year after the festival completion at the price determined by the creator's grain share and streaming costs. Films accepted by the festival will continue earning revenue for filmmakers for 12 months. Filmmakers will also have the option of removing their content from the site at the conclusion of the festival, or any other time, for any reason.

The VidaFair Film Festival is non-exclusive, meaning we attach no restrictions on wherever else a project may be available for streaming online or physical showings. We believe part of empowering filmmakers involves expanding, not limiting, their monetization options.

Although the VFF is dedicated to the promotion of online film monetization, it will culminate in an actual live "brick and mortar" event. The five "Best" award winners will be screened at the VFF Awards, June 7, 2022, at the Austin Film Society, Austin, TX.